Europe
Ashton Gibbs to play in Spain
Ashton Gibbs (188 cm, Pittsburgh’12) has been signed by Club Ourense Balocesto SAD from Spain’s LEB Gold. Gibbs recently left Panionios on Telecoms Athens from Greece’s A1 League. Before his departure in December 2012, Gibbs played four games for Panionios in the EuroCup and averaged 4.5 ppg and 1.3 rpg. He also managed to play…
Read MoreFrancis Koffi leaves Palencia Baloncesto
Francis Koffi (202 cm, Fresno State’04) has parted ways with Palencia Baloncesto from Spain’s LEB Gold. Koffi, who carries a passport from both France and the Ivory Coast, is now a free agent. Things just didn’t work out between Koffi and Palencia as he just managed to play two games for the team and left…
Read MoreAnthony Goods to Hapoel Tel Aviv
Anthony Goods (191 cm, Stanford’09) is taking his talents to Israel. He has been signed by Hapoel Tel-Aviv. The 26-year-old Stanford alum began the 2012-13 season playing for BC Kyiv from Ukraine’s Superleague. He played 30 games for them and averaged 17.2 ppg and 3.8 apg. He spent the 2011-12 season in the NBA D-League.…
Read MoreBrandon Brown signed by SLUC Nancy
Brandon Brown (201 cm, CSU San Bernandino) is on his way to France via his acquisition by SLUC Nancy Basket Pro (Pro A). He began the 2012-13 season with Forex Time Apollon from Cyprus’ Division A. There, he averaged 18.6 ppg and 7.2 rpg in 14 games in the Cyprus League. He played five games…
Read MoreEuroChallenge: Quarterfinal pairings now set
In what could have been a EuroChallenge statisticians nightmare had certain scenarios played out on Tuesday, things came together about as simple as they could have to finalize the last three slots of the EuroChallenge quarterfinals. Coming into Week 6 of the Last 16, seven teams still had opportunities to qualify for the quarterfinals, some…
Read MoreJosip Glavinic departs Darda
Vrijednosnice OS Darda (Croatia, A1) has terminated the contract of Josip Glavinic (192 cm) with immediate effect. Family reasons have been cited for the termination and the 30-year old guard was not released for disciplinary problems. In fact Glavinic has been one of the leaders of the Darda team where he has played 15 games…
Read MoreBryson McKenzie to miss season
Bryson McKenzie (211 cm, North Illinois’06) will miss the rest of the season his team CSS Giurgiu (Romania, Liga Nationala) has revealed. The center picked up an injury during the clubs game against CS U-Mobitelco Cluj and will now sit out the season. McKenzie had played 8 games with Giurgiu since joining the team in…
Read MoreDaniel Ewing to miss 6 weeks with Besiktas
Besiktas Istanbul (Turkey, TBL and Euroleague) has announced that American guard Daniel Ewing (191 cm, Duke’05) will sit out the next 4-6 weeks of the season due to injury. 29-year old Ewing limped off the court in the recent loss to Fenerbache and did not return to the court. It has now been revealed that…
Read MoreMarcus Faison to KTP Basket Kotka
Marcus Faison (196 cm, Siena’99) has signed a deal to play for KTP Basket Kotka for Finland’s Korisliiga. Faison, who is a holder of both a US and Belgian passport, was initially working to be signed by BK Grodno-93 from Belarus’ Premier League early this year. That didn’t work out and Faison has instead found…
Read MoreBrandon Bowman to join Netanya
In less than a week after hitting the free agent market, Brandon Bowman (204 cm, Georgetown’06) has found a new team. He was recently released by Altshuler Saham Galil Gilboa from Israel’s Winner League. He didn’t need to travel far though, as Bowman is set to join Greentops Netanya, also from Israel’s Winner League. He’s…
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